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Added on the 08/04/2015 15:43:48 - Copyright : Reuters EN
The departures board says it all at Charles De Gaulle airport north of Paris: dozens of flights are cancelled as air traffic controllers strike in France over demands for higher wages. IMAGES
Hundreds of flights are cancelled at French airports despite the country's main air traffic controllers' union dropping a call for a one-day strike after making a deal for higher pay. IMAGES
It is early on Monday morning and commuters are again confronted with uncertainty as they attempt to get to and from work at Saint-Lazare station in Paris. It is the 12th consecutive day of a nationwide strike against pension reform. IMAGES
France's state-owned railway operator SNCF kicks off a fresh day of strikes, causing a number of delays and cancellations across the network, with two out of three high-speed TGV trains cancelled. IMAGES from Paris Saint-Lazare station
A large smoke cloud is seen rising over the central Gaza Strip, seen from the Israeli border, as Israel continues to pound the Palestinian territory in its war against Hamas. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).